E of Springfield on KY 152, Springfield, Kentucky. County/parish: Washington.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 10, 1989. NRIS 88003429.
Part of Washington County MRA (NRIS 64000261).
1 contributing structure.
Beech Fork Bridge, Mackville Road, near Springfield, Kentucky, is a Pratt truss bridge which was built in 1884. It was built by the King Iron Bridge Co. and crosses the Beech Fork of the Salt River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
It was then one of only eight King bridges surviving statewide.
It has an eight panel Pratt truss design, rests on cut stone abutments, and is 124 feet (38 m) long. It brings a 15.5 feet (4.7 m) wide roadway over Beech Fork.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123848896